Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-18

| found were from the garments of
women. The number of women on the
train was much larger than that of the
men and the fatality among them was
proportionatey greater. In one place the
bodies of seven women were taken out in
a row, all horribly mangled One woman
was cut completely in two, the upper
half of the body only being found. A
pathetic sight was that of two girls with
arms around one another, clinging in the
embrace of death. Both had been killed
by blows upon the head In many in
stances axes and crow bars were necessary
in order to free the people imprisoned in
the wreck. In two cases it was necessary
to cut out two of the bodies in order to
get them out. They were already
crushed out of any semblance to hui
man shape and were so tightly
wedged in they could be removed in
| no other way. One woman said the
women in her car seemed panic stricken
at the moment the crash occurred. They
all screamed and shouted, praying for re
lease. She saw one woman dying in a
seat, while another woman had her head
pillowed on the dying womans breast.
One of the most terrible scenes at the
accident was that presented to those who
llrst hurried to the street under the bridge.
The headless trunk of woman was found
lying across Il timber with one arm com
pletely gone the lower limbs all cut and
mangled. The head was found among the
tangled iron few feet away. Some of
those who were slightly injured were so
dazed after being taken out that they
could not realize whal had occurred.
One man who was seen to walk from
the wreck in the direction of Roslindale,
when about dozen yards from the wreck
fell dead, either from excitement or inter-
nal injuries. Daniel Roundy of Roslin-
dale had the most remarkable experience
and his escape from death is considered
miraculous. He was in the smoking car
and was playing cards. The crash came
and the next thing Roundy knew he was
in the muddy street absolutely uninjured
and holding in his hand the queen of dia-
monds which was covered with blood.
His three companions had all been killed.
The following is revised list of those
killed or who have since died of their in
juries
KILLED.
Conductor Myron Tilden, Dedham.
Alice Burnett, aged Ii, Roslndale
William johnson, violnist, Roslindale.
Mrs. Hormsdas Cardinal, Roslindale
Mr.. Clapp, aged 81, Central station, West
Roxbury.
Miss Norris. West Roxbury.
Edward Norris, freight clerk of the Bos-
ton and Providence railroad. Dedham.
Edgar M. Snow, Spring street station, West
Roxbury.
Waldo b. Lailer, police officer, Spring street
station.
Lizzie Vaudeville, Dedham.
Lizzie Walton, Dedham.
William S. Strong, internal injuries died
after removal to the city hospital
w L. Durham, badly crushed, died after
removal to city hospital.
stephen t. Houghton, gas filter, Ros indae
Harry Gay, clerk, Sprine street, died after
removal to the city hospital.
Miss NJ. l.. Odiorne, d Jver, N. H., EMPLOYED
by Salem, Wilder & Co.
Miss Ida Adams, Kittredge street.
Miss Lizzie Price. Dedham.
Miss Sarah E. Ellis of Medheld, who was
staying with friends In West Roxbury.
Unknown woman about 30 years old, at
Grove street morgue
Albert E. johnson, aged 40, empo, ed by
George II. Morrill, Il Co., jewellers
Peter Swaben, aged IS, a tailor, of central
station.
Emma P. Hill. aged %, worked for R. H.
White X Co.
Hattie j. Dudley, residence unknown.
Miss Laura Price, West Roxbury.
Miss Rosabella WEIGH, aged So, West Rox-
bury.
FATALLY INJURED.
Joseph Metcalf, West Roxbury
W. f. Bowman, engineer, Dedham.
Henry p. Jeanshaw possibly, West Rox-
bury.
Miss Alice Adams, Roslindae.
Cyrus w. Hayes, Rosindale.
Mary Murphy. Roslindale.
John Murphy possibly, Roslindale.
w. w. Smith, brakeman West Roxbury
Webster Drake, conductor, Dedham
1t is impossible to obtain an absolutely
correct account of the number injured,
but 1t will reach 100 or more. OF these at
least 20 are quite badly hurt and the re-
malnder received only slight bruises.
Among the scientific gentlemen who ex-
ahmed the broken bridge to-day was Prof.
george +. Swain, Instructor of technology
and hydraulics at the Institute of Tech
nology, and who is also specialist in
bridge construction. He is reported as
saying in looking at the floor beam hang
ers he found some of the hangers were de-
receive, and had been largely rusted off.
lhese hangers seemed to be in some places
imperfect, and 1t seemed to him extremely
PROBABLE that at.this point, where the hang
ers were broken the original rupture
might have occurred. There seemed no
doubt that the quality of material was
imperfect in some places and several
other portions of the bridge showed evi-
dences of faulty design in the trusses. At
the time this bridge was built cast iron
was used to considerable extent in the
connecting parts of bridges, but the
engineers have now entirely discarded
That material In important structures.
should state, however, that did not no.
lice any place in the bridge where this
material had failed in this case.
ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT